RAF Bombers Attack Nazi Arms Center At Wuppertal
Allied raids by a great RAF force struck the German chemical center of Wuppertal in the Ruhr before dawn with hundreds of tons of bombs on J Farben industries Jaeger roller bearing plants and textile works. In the Mediterranean, strikes hit Sicily Sardinia and Greece as Axis defenses faltered under continuous Allied pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Greene
Associated Press
RAF
Wuppertal
Ruhr
Mediterranean
Sicily
Sardinia
Greece
British
Air Ministry
J. G. Farben Industries Chemical Works
Jaeger
Axis
Berlin
Goebbels
Sighted Sub Sane Same Theme Off California Coast
Pacific coast action after Pearl Harbor saw Coast Guard cutters and Army Navy planes sink nine to eleven Japanese submarines near Los Angeles and California Oregon waters. Newspapers cite substantial data on sinkings though not officially confirmed, noting most fighting near Los Angeles harbor and a Hermes class vessel earning a gold star for a sinking.
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Los Angeles
Alert Coast Guard
Army
Navy
Pacific Coast
Pearl Harbor
Los Angeles Times
Los ‘Angeles
Japan
United States
Hawaii
Australia
California
Oregon
American
Coast Guard
Hermes
Cal- See
Gratton Sentinel Invites Frances Leonard at Strand
Morgantown Road tonight presents Boogie Man Will Get You starring Karloff with John Loder Ford and Frontier featuring Randolph Brett and Cesar Reinero at the Strand venue with Gratton Sentinel promoting the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fie “Gratton Sentinel
Frances Leonard
Morgantown Road
Karloff
Strand
John Loder Ford
Greek bands election busts harass Nazis at sea
Greek guerrillas operating in the Aegean threaten Axis ships, using sea patrols and small craft. Photographs in Volkischer Beobachter and Die Woche note Greek and Yugoslav pirates harming Axis resources at sea, marking a new realm of resistance.
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NAZIS
DE Valeria
Balkan
John H. Colburn
Stockholm
Axis
Balkans
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Die Woche
Aegean
Miners Refuse Work In West Virginia Districts
In Charleston on June 25, spotty compliance with a union back-to-work call left about 3 200 miners in nine West Virginia fields idle. Logan County emerged as a center of resistance with eight idle mines totaling around 1700 workers. Osage in Monongalia County and Webster County mines also stayed closed, while some Island Creek and Mallory operations shut. Union leaders urged mass meetings across Williamson Logan War Eagles Whitesville and Smithers as districts 17 and 31 reported large shares at work and alleged plots to undermine the United Mine Workers. Back-to-work at Pursgrove No 2 and Christopher No 2 mines followed at Louisa and Davis Wilson.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Logan County
Monongalia
Christopher No
Osage
Pardee
Curtin Lumber Company
Webster County
Island Creek Coal Company
Logan Field
Mallory Coal Company
William Blizzara
United Mine Workers District 17
Williamson
Logan
War Eags
Whitesville
Smithers
Cassville
Morgantown
Cecil J. Urbaniak
District 31
Fairmont
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Pursgrove No. 2
Louisa Coal Company
Davis-Wilson
Gauley Bridge Filling Station Is Suspended
OPA Commissioner Fred S. Glover Jr heard two cases in Williamson today over alleged violations of shoe and gasoline rationing rules. He reported that Seymore Hubbard of Gauley Bridge, charged with selling gasoline without coupons, was suspended for 15 days after a three day Charleston docket.
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Williamson
OPA
Fred S. Glover, Jr
Charleston
Glover
Seymore Hubbard
Gauley Bridge
Fishing trips count as pleasure driving in panhandle
Charleston June 25 The OPA reminded motorists that the pleasure driving ban in the eight eastern panhandle area also covers fishing trips. Legal bass pickerel muskellunge and walleyed pike become lawful Saturday inside the state, but drivers outside the restricted area are barred from entering for pleasure.
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Charleston
Panhandle
OPA
West Virginia
Thomas J. Schofield
Congress to Ignore Labor Draft Plans
Washington June 25预测 Congress will ignore labor draft legislation as leaders from both houses expect a presidential veto on the Connally Smith Harnes anti-strike bill. Senator Chandler Kentucky warns the Senate Military Affairs Committee will not early consider Roosevelt’s proposal to raise the non combat draft age to 65. House members echo disinterest. May Kentucky says House panel passed over a Colmer Miss bill to cancel deferments of draft age strikers.
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Washington
Congress
Chandler
D.-Ky
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
House Military Committee
May
House Committee
Rep
Colmer
D.-Miss
Selective Service
No Wonder They Couldn't Find Out What Happened To Vaudeville
Clayton J. Irwin reports from New York on USO Camp Shows amid wartime shifts. The Army operates vaudeville under secrecy, with millions of troops aware, and business thriving for the USO troupe.
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Clayton J. Irwin
New York
USO Camp Shows, Inc
Cndition
War Today notes Japan may face new air raids
Max Hill reports on Tomokazu Hori, Japan’s Board of Information spokesman, warning of possible Allied attacks on Japan from the Aleutians and China. He argues Burma as a future invasion path links to China, urging readiness and recognizing Africa’s Allied victory as a trigger for offensive plans. See THE WAR TODAY Page 5.
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Max Hill
Japan
Hitler
Tomokazu Hori
California
Horris
Japanese Board of Information
Aleutians
China
America
Britain
Africa
Burma
Hori
Beer Dealers Warned Of Violation Consequences
Charleston reports the Office of Price Administration and state tax office cooperating with the OPA in investigating beer price ceiling violations in West Virginia. Walter W. Ross says any dealer found violating OPA rules faces license suspension or revocation.
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Charleston
State Tax Commissioner's
OPA
West Virginia
Office of Price Administration
Walter W. Ross
Committee Reports on OWI Activity Rumored Transfer
Senate Appropriations panel discusses a compromise preserving the OWI News Room while considering moving the foreign section to OSS. Senator Lodge, former reporter, backs the plan as part of the $2.939 billion budget review.
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OSS
Washington
Office of War [Information
Senate Appropriations Committee
Lodge
R.-Mass
Office of Strategic Services
Water restriction urged for East Grafton Blueville and Brownlow Park
Residents drawing city water in East Grafton Blueville and Brownlow Park are asked not to use water for lawns and gardens due to a short supply. The public is urged to cooperate to preserve domestic supply. failure to do so may lead the City Council to enact ordinances banning lawn and garden watering with penalties for noncompliance.
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East Grafton
Blueville
Brownlow Park
Roosevelt Rejects October Deadline in Coal War Dispute
President Franklin D. Roosevelt says he will not recognize the October 31 deadline set by the United Mine Workers for continued coal production in government operated mines. The War Labor Board seeks that the government compel UMW compliance or impose penalties, noting U. S. Steel and General Motors have complied with WLB orders, while coal operators faced seizure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
WLB
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
U. S. Steel
General Motors
King Returns From North Africa Visit
King George VI returns to Britain from a North Africa tour with a dawn landing at an RAF base. The king, visibly tanned and smiling, steps from the bomber as air chief Sir Charles Portal greets him, with Winston Churchill arriving shortly after. The king jokes about Churchill being late and tours the cockpit briefly on the outbound trip.
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Henry B. Jameson
Raf
Britain
George VI
RAF Guard of Honor
Charles Portal
British Air Staff
Winston Churchill
Churchill
King
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Salonika
U.S
Leghorn
Italy
U. S. Air Force
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Dall
Eamon de Valera
Eire
de Valera
Fianna Fail
Fine Gael
Labor
Farmers
William Cosgrave
United Ireland
de Dae Cosgrave
UMW
Sun
U.S. Navy
Dewitt MacKenzie
Tokyo
OWI
Gratton, W
Ing
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Eisenhower
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